MODIFICATION
A -- Opportunity for ORNL Development Assistance for Advanced Materials and Processing for Energy Storage
- Notice Date
- 10/7/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 335911
— Storage Battery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - UT Battelle LLC (DOE Contractor), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bethel Valley Road, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831-6192
- ZIP Code
- 37831-6192
- Solicitation Number
- 2009-ARRA-DOE-ITP-Battery1
- Point of Contact
- J. Hiram Rogers, Phone: 865-576-9595
- E-Mail Address
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rogersjh@ornl.gov
(rogersjh@ornl.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Description UT-Battelle, LLC, acting under its Prime Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the management and operation of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), conducts research and development (R&D) in support of the DOE Office of Industrial Technologies Program (ITP). ITP's mission is to lead the national drive to reduce energy intensity and carbon emissions by changing the way industry uses energy. ORNL is requesting from industrial partners R&D proposals to enter Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) that promote and enhance the objectives of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, P.L. 111-5, especially economic recovery in an expeditious manner. Only projects that promote economic recovery, assist those impacted by the recession, or provide general economic benefit will be selected. The selected projects will be conducted under CRADAs between ORNL and the industrial partners. Projects shall focus on advanced materials and processing methods for lithium secondary battery applications and will be conducted within an 18-month period. The industrial partner is required to provide at least 50% cost share, which can be monetary funds or in-kind contribution (e.g., facilities, services, and staff time). ORNL will not provide any monetary funds to the industrial partner. Eligibility Eligibility is limited to organizations or consortiums that currently manufacture lithium secondary batteries for commercial applications or that will be able to manufacture lithium secondary batteries as a direct result of the efforts of these CRADAs. Key chemical and materials manufacturers integral to the supply chain may be included as partners. Background Lithium secondary battery technology is projected to be one of the energy storage leapfrog technologies for the full electrification of the automotive drive train and to provide stationary storage solutions that enable the effective use of fluctuating renewable energy sources. There is also tremendous potential for continued production scale-up for consumer electronics. In order to maintain needed nanoscale features for performance, industry needs assistance in scaling up the nanomanufacturing approach for electronics, industrial, and automotive applications. In particular, the introduction of large-scale lithium secondary battery technology for energy storage and harvesting requires significant new investment in production facilities not only for the change from old to new chemistries, but also from small scale consumer electronics to large scale industrial applications. Objective The ORNL objective is to partner with battery manufacturers to investigate, improve, and scale process methodology to manufacture high performance lithium secondary batteries in significant quantities. Creation and preservation of domestic manufacturing jobs is a primary goal of this solicitation. Awards will be granted in one or more of the following categories. Proposals should emphasize only one category: · Anodes · Cathodes · Separators · Joining or packaging There is a total of $2.5 million in funds available consisting of ORNL services, staff time, and facilities (not including the cost share of the industrial partners). It is anticipated that there will be 3-4 awards. ORNL's expertise in process technology and quality control will assist in developing cutting edge fabrication methods in these research areas and enabling successful implementation of large scale battery cells meeting performance needs and cost targets. The materials and processing technologies developed should be deployed in a new or existing manufacturing facility along with demonstration of any energy savings and economic impact. Laboratory Support ORNL shall provide infrastructure, testing, operations, characterization, and analysis: · Precision slot die coating line · High-temperature processing · Joining and sealing expertise · Operations support · Metallurgical expertise · Electrochemical and cell performance evaluation · State-of-the-art microscopy · Surface characterization · X-ray and neutron characterization facilities · Computational science · World-class data analysis · In-line quality control measures and resulting design improvements Intellectual Property and Proprietary Data DOE and ORNL respect the importance of industry's intellectual property and data security while balancing the need to document the benefits of public expenditures. Provisions relating to proprietary information and intellectual property are set forth in the CRADA, and the process will include putting in place non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) immediately after proposal selections. In addition, if company proprietary information is included in the proposal, the specific information should be marked as such, and UT-Battelle will treat that information as confidential. Proposal Preparation Selection of proposals will start at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on November 9 th, 2009. Proposals submitted thereafter will be considered as funding allows. Proposal and technical inquiries should be directed to the following email address: indtech@ornl.gov Once a proposal is received, a confirmation email will be sent within one week stating the date and time of receipt. Proposals should be no more that 5 single spaced pages using 12 point font (Times New Roman preferred), should be in pdf file format, and must include the following components under headings corresponding to the bullets below: · Title page (not counted in 5-page limit) with proposal title, principal investigator(s), brief company description, and non-proprietary summary. · Contact information: name, nationality, address, phone number, fax number, and email address of the primary contact for contract issues and for scientific issues. · Identification of materials and/or processing challenges that, if addressed, will result in significant technological breakthroughs. · Projection of economic benefit and/or industrial energy savings. · Description of manufacturing equipment to be upgraded or installed. · Summary of the testing to be done and the goals this testing is expected to accomplish. · Expected DOE/ORNL resources, including proposed work areas, staff time, and testing/characterization needs. · Estimate and justification of in-kind cost-sharing. · Market history of materials, components, or processing methods to be addressed. · The specific product, component, or process being developed, refined, or validated. · Single page resumes of key project participants should be included (not counted in the 5-page limit). Proposal Evaluation Selection of winning proposals will be at the discretion of DOE ITP and ORNL. The primary categories and relative ranking criteria used to evaluate submissions will be: Technical · Importance of materials and/or processing problem(s) to be addressed (15%). · Potential of the collaboration to positively impact the U.S. lithium secondary battery industry (15%). · Overall economic benefit to U.S. economy (10%). · Potential for implementation of industrial energy savings (10%). · Technical merit (10%). Programmatic · Estimated level of support requested from ORNL and justification (15%). · Level of cost share to be provided by industrial partner (15%). · Importance of technology development and testing results to general market acceptance (10%). Anticipated Schedule November 9 th, 2009: Begin reviewing proposals. November 25 th, 2009: Selection of awards. February 12 th, 2010: CRADA must be fully negotiated (including the SOW) and ready for submission to DOE for approval, or project will be abandoned. CRADA Information Awardees will be required to enter into a CRADA with UT-Battelle. Please review the information below to assure your company can agree to CRADA language. Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Please review the modular CRADA that is found in the DOE CRADA Manual M 483.1-1. •· General Information o CRADAs enable industry, academia, and non-profit entities to collaborate with ORNL for the purpose of joint research and development (R&D) activities. o CRADAs require DOE approval. o CRADAs require R&D participation by industry partners. •· Protection of Generated Information and Intellectual Property o Commercially valuable information generated under a CRADA may be protected for up to 5 years (See Article VIII of the CRADA Manual M483.1-1). o Rights to intellectual property (IP) made or created under a CRADA are negotiated separately. The industry partner receives first right to negotiate a license for any new laboratory IP made or created under the CRADA. o CRADAs are sometimes accompanied by a license or option agreement. CRADAs include an option for the industry partners to negotiate an exclusive license under reasonable terms and conditions to laboratory inventions made under the CRADAs in a pre-negotiated field-of-use. o Each party has the right to elect title to inventions made by its employees (See Article XV of the CRADA Manual M483.1-1). o The U.S. government retains a nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable, paid-up license to practice or have practiced for or on behalf of the United States any IP created or made under the CRADA. •· Financial Information o Under each CRADA the laboratory and the industry partner may provide one or more of the following: personnel, equipment, services, intellectual property, and facilities. o The laboratory cannot pay out funds to the industry partner, but the industry may provide funds to the laboratory if it desires to do so. •· Other Topics o Industry partners must agree to "substantial U.S. manufacture" of resulting products and services or provide a plan for providing net benefit to the U.S. economy that is approved by DOE (See Article XXII and Attachment 2 of the CRADA Manual M483.1-1). o The Department of Energy (DOE) must approve a Joint Work Statement (See Appendix A of the CRADA Manual M483.1-1) and the CRADA before work is initiated.
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